Abstract-We present a theory for passive mode-locking in semiconductor laser structures using a semiconductor laser amplifier and absorber. The mode-locking system is described in terms of the different elements in the semiconductor laser structure. We derive mode-locking conditions and show how other mode-locking parameters, like pulse width and pulse energy, are determined by the mode-locking system. System parameters, like bandwidth, dispersion, and self-phase modutation are shown to play an important role in mode-locking conditions and results. We also discuss the effects of pulse collisions and positions of the mode-locking elements inside the cavity on mode-locking stability and show that these effects can be easily included in the presented model. Finally, we give a number of design rules and recommendations for fabricating passively mode-locked lasers.
Absh-nct-We report on the reflection properties of multimode interference (MMI) devices: we distinguish between reflection back into the input waveguides and internal resonance modes due to the occurrence of simultaneous self-images. Because of self-imaging, reflection CBn be extremely efficient, even in the case of MMI devices with optimized transmission. This conclusion is confirmed by the observed spectral behavior of InP-based ring lasers incorporating MMI 3dB couplers and MMI power splitters. Several techniques are proposed to minimize the influence of these reflections.
We demonstrate monolithically integrated 4x10 Gb/s WDM transceivers built in a production 130 nm SOI CMOS process. Only light sources are external to the chip. 40 Gb/s error-free, bidirectional transmission is demonstrated.
A scheme is proposed for increasing the sampling rate of analogue-to-digital conversion by more than an order of magnitude by combining state-of-the-art A/D converters with photonic technology. Ultra-high speed sampling is performed optically by a multiwavelength pulse train. Wavelength demultiplexers convert the high repetition rate data stream of samples into parallel data streams that can be handled by available electronic A/D converters.
Abstract-We introduce the technique of time-resolved optical gating (TROG) based on dispersive propagation (DP), a new noninterferometric method for characterizing ultrashort optical pulses in amplitude and phase without the need for a short optical gating pulse. TROG is similar to frequency-resolved optical gating except that the role of time and frequency is interchanged. For the DP-TROG geometry, we show that measurements of the autocorrelation trace of the pulse after propagation through a medium with variable dispersion together with a single measurement of its intensity spectrum contain sufficient information to reconstruct the pulse in amplitude and phase. Pulse reconstruction for this DP-TROG geometry works very well even for the case of a nonlinearly chirped double pulse. Compared with other methods, DP-TROG does not introduce an ambiguity in the direction of time for the pulse. Due to its simplicity and improved sensitivity, DP-TROG is expected to be useful in characterizing low-energy pulses.Index Terms-Optical correlators, optical fiber dispersion, optical propagation in dispersive media, optical pulse compression, optical pulse measurements, pulse characterization, time-domain measurements.
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